i was thinking about buying opengl game programming, but was wondering, are there any better opengl books out there? $60 is a lot of money and i don''t want to waste it. -PmanC

I own this book, and I have to say that it is probably the best book on 3d *Game* programming. It goes into probably everything you need to create your first game, besides 3D algorithms. But it does have good sections on models, physics, and a section on "Building a Game Engine."

My 2 cents is that this book is worth the price.

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i agree. worth the price for the general overview. you can''t find another book that covers all this stuff in one tomb. if you''re looking to just learn OpenGL, buy the OpenGL Programming Guide (red book).

first caveat. many of the examples are cloned from Nehe stuff, red book stuff, or other GameDev.net stuff (obviously the writers are the people who run GDnet)

second caveat. everything is pretty glossed over. don''t expect too much depth.

-*Gratuitous Opinion*- I bought Computer Graphics Using OpenGL by F.S. Hill and love it. It covers all aspects of graphics programming and has tons of code samples, exercise projects, and clear explanations. I would highly recommend this as well. If you can, splurge and get this and the red book. I found CGUOGL for $25 on half.com

Try bookpool.com , lots of times the have it much cheaper.

i was thinking of getting a book myself and i was about to get this book. but is this book for Linux OpenGL programmers?

No the book is not specifically for Linux OGL developers. I believe there is a book just for that tho, something like "Game Programming For Linux" or "Linux Game Programming"


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Well im trying to make games that work on any OS but I was just wondering if the book would work in Linux and win with many problems.

The best book out there for Linux games is Programming Linux Games from No Starch Press.

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Game Programmer, Avalanche Software
Author, OpenGL Game Programming

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Whoa... Dave himself
Nuken: if you want cross-platform games, check out SDL. Once you have learned OpenGL, you can easily pickup using SDL to init a display and input and etc. on any platform.
www.libsdl.org

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